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real goods in well-established social networking
Every Sunday afternoon, Japanese youths gather on Jingu Bridge in Tokyo to display their fashions, to express themselves through their attire, and to socialize with others doing the same. Shops in the area have opened to sell this street chic fashion known as Harajuku. The shops both take fashion merchandising leads from the gathered youths … Continue reading real goods in well-established social networking
invented brands and virtual goods
So you’re gonna replace Windows with an Apple? If you proposed doing that a century ago, you would be directed to a lunatic asylum. Prior to the late nineteenth century, the names of most goods used conventional representations: the producer’s name, a location, a conventional, generic description of the good (“Lea and Perrins’s Worcestershire Sauce”). … Continue reading invented brands and virtual goods
bundling verbal work in ancient Rome
In ancient Rome, elite men competed intensely in verbal arts. They evaluated each other at the fine granularity of phrases and specific word choices. [1] Epigrams, compact verbal expressions, were highly valued. In these circumstances, a Roman orator c. 100 GC described his business strategy for a speech that he hoped to sell widely: I … Continue reading bundling verbal work in ancient Rome
explaining the long tales of Madeleine de Scudéry & Samuel Richardson
Scudéry’s Artamène and Richardson’s Clarissa are the longest works with the Latin alphabet. Specific socio-economic circumstances help to explain them. … Read the post explaining the long tales of Madeleine de Scudéry & Samuel Richardson